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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015
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Kansas breaks losing streak, defeats Tech 68-66
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SCOTT CHASEN
@SCHasenKU
It took a while, 18 days to be exact, but the Jayhawks finally managed to defeat a Big 12 opponent. Prior to the team's 68-66 victory against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Kansas was 0-5 in the conference, with three of the losses coming by 12 or more points. But none of that mattered Wednesday; the Jayhawks were not about to quit.
The Jayhawks found themselves trailing by 15 points at the half, but came back to win the game with a combined 34 points from seniors Chelsea Gardner and Natalie Knight. But most importantly, the team began to click in the second half, and suddenly, the game felt different than any other. The Jayhawks finally showed just how good they could be.
Following the team's narrow loss against the No. 3 Baylor Bears, coach Bonnie Henrickson noted that each of the games felt like they were more difficult with the team not in class, due to winter break. Without that typical day-to-day structure, Henrickson said every game felt like it was "on the road," which reflected in the team's performance as the Jayhawks fell to .500 after starting the season 9-4.
However, this win did not come out of the blue. On Jan. 14, the Jayhawks lost at home to TCU, 80-63.
and it looked like the NCAA Tournament aspirations might be long gone. The following game was against a strong Baylor squad, which had won two of its four Big 12 games by 30 or more points. It seemed like the proverbial knockout punch was coming. Despite Baylor's accomplishments, Kansas showed up to win.
Although Kansas shot just 39.2 percent from the field and 31.6 percent from three-point range, the team showed fantastic energy on defense, holding the Bears to just 71 points. While 71 might seem like a lot of points for any average opponent, the Bears had been an absolute juggernaut on offense, scoring 90 or more points eight times this year. Baylor's men's team hadn't even come close to those numbers; neither has Kansas' men's team for that matter.
Although the Jayhawks lost to the Bears by eight points, the Jayhawks battled to keep the game close all evening. And while moral victories don't show up on the scoreboard, there certainly were a lot of takeaways from the game.
Feeding off the energy from that performance, the Jayhawks not only won their first Big 12 game, but they also won their first game away from Allen Fieldhouse, thanks to senior Asia Boyd's game winning layup with less than a second remaining. With two consecutive
Then-junior Asia Boyd looks to get around an Iowa State defender last season. In last night's game against Texas Tech, Boyd made the game-winning layup.
solid performances under their belt, the Jayhawks are starting to hit their
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stride in Big 12 play, and with the next two games coming against unranked
opponents, they might just be able to string together a little winning streak.
Edited by Mitch Raznick
Kansas women's tennis team begins spring schedule
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A young Kansas women's tennis team looks to build on improvements it showed in tournament play late in the fall season as it enters the spring schedule.
JACOB CLEMEN
With a roster that features six freshmen and three returning players, the fall tournaments were about improvement and learning opportunities for the young roster. Now, as the Jayhawks open their spring schedule this weekend with a tournament in Albuquerque, N.M., it is time to see how that experience pays off.
The team will be anchored by the two upperclassmen, senior Maria Belen Ludueña and junior Maria Jose Cardona, who both showed improvement and were the Jayhawks' strongest performers in the fall. The team also looks to returning sophomore Caroline Henderson to build onto a freshman campaign that included a doubles win against Iowa State in last year's Big 12 tournament.
Southern Methodist University between Big 12 matchups and will host the University of Tulsa on April 8 before a final stretch of Big 12 matches. The final stretch will feature the top three teams in the conference last season — Baylor, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma — as well as the conference finale against Texas.
Kansas will head to Albuquerque and Las Vegas for early season matchups against UNLV, University of New Mexico and others. Kansas will also face Wichita State, former Big 12 opponent Colorado, Iowa, Houston and others before kicking off its Big 12 schedule against TCU on March 13. In-state rival Kansas State will visit Lawrence on April 4 for a midseason Sunflower Showdown.
Kansas will also visit University of North Texas and
This stretch of games will be a good test for the young Jayhawks in advance of the conference tournament as the matches are all on the road and feature some of the strongest teams in conference. The Jayhawks will conclude their season with a trip to Waco, Texas, for the Big 12 conference tournament from April 23-26.
— Edited by Callie Byrnes
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monica rezzotti hits a low ball by the baseline during her C Group Singles match against Amelie Amsallem from University of Missouri Kansas City during the KU Invitational Tennis Tournament on Sept. 16, 2011.
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